Bear Mountain’s sixth annual Hot Dawgz and Hand Rails event at The Park on Saturday, September 19 was a huge event for snowboarders and spectators, as the pro-invitational rail jam drew a crowd to fill the resorts’ parking lot to overflowing. In addition to the post-sunset screenings of two films, Stepchild/Thirty Two’s “This Video Sucks” and Bear Mountain’s “A Parkumentary,” … [Read more...] about Bear Mountain Rider Scott Vine Takes First–and $7,500–in Hot Dawgz and Hand Rails
Volunteers Remove 718 Pounds of Trash from Lake’s Shoreline in 10th Annual CleanUp Day
From the Mexico border to Oregon, the 25th annual California Coastal CleanUp included, statewide, nearly 70,000 volunteers on Saturday. In the Big Bear Valley, the September 19 effort was the 10th annual cleanup day for Big Bear Lake’s shoreline. Local event coordinator Alan Sharp of Big Bear Marina says that there was a smaller than usual volunteer turnout this year, though … [Read more...] about Volunteers Remove 718 Pounds of Trash from Lake’s Shoreline in 10th Annual CleanUp Day
Monday Morning Roads Update: Highway 330, Red Ant Hill Closed
There are two road closures temporarily in place this morning (Monday, September 21). In the 8 o’clock hour today, the brakes went out on a big rig traveling on Highway 330; the truck then hit two other vehicles, also prompting a diesel spill. Highway 330 was closed just before 9am, and per the CHP and CalTrans, will likely remain closed into this afternoon. More locally, the … [Read more...] about Monday Morning Roads Update: Highway 330, Red Ant Hill Closed
Ryan Hall Takes First in Yesterday’s ING Philadelphia Distance Run
Ryan Hall took victory yesterday, outrunning 12,000 or more runners, including three Kenyans, to place first in the ING Philadelphia Distance Run. Big Bear High School Class of 2001 graduate Hall, who’d placed 10th in the Beijing Olympics, finished the September 20 race of 13.1 miles in a time of 1:01:52—and is the first American-born runner to win the Philadelphia race since … [Read more...] about Ryan Hall Takes First in Yesterday’s ING Philadelphia Distance Run
Bear City Firefighters to Be Recognized in This Evening’s CSD Board Meeting
The Board of Directors of the Big Bear City Community Services District meets for their first regular meeting of the month this evening at 5:30pm, as their first-Monday-of-the-month meeting had been adjourned due to the Labor Day holiday. This evening’s meeting, at the CSD offices at 139 E. Big Bear Boulevard, will include presentations by Big Bear City Fire Chief Jeff Willis, … [Read more...] about Bear City Firefighters to Be Recognized in This Evening’s CSD Board Meeting